Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’
Summary
Scott Pelley, a former CBS 60 Minutes anchor, said CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss tried to change a segment about the police killing of protester Renee Good. He accused Weiss of wanting to show protesters as more violent and of falsely saying Good was driving toward the officer who shot her. CBS denied political bias and said her suggestions aimed to improve the story.Key Facts
- Scott Pelley was recently fired from CBS 60 Minutes.
- Pelley claimed Bari Weiss asked to make protesters look more violent in a segment about Renee Good’s shooting.
- Weiss reportedly wanted the segment to describe Good as driving toward the officer, which video evidence contradicts.
- CBS said Weiss’s email points were meant to make the story fair and accurate without political motives.
- CBS 60 Minutes has seen several staff changes amid concerns about editorial freedom.
- Pelley criticized Weiss’s lack of TV news experience and questioned the direction of the show under new leadership.
- Video shows the officer standing to the side of Good’s car and shooting her, not in front of it as Weiss wanted described.
- Pelley said the officer used offensive language about Good in cell phone video footage.
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